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A wave of museum openings has swept the Gulf region in recent weeks, including the Zayed National Museum and the Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi, as well as new institutions in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. These projects are part of an ambitious cultural building drive fueled by oil wealth, with Western partners such as the Louvre, the British Museum, and consultancies like Cultural Innovations providing expertise in planning, governance, and exhibition design. The Zayed National Museum, designed by Foster + Partners, features objects on loan from the British Museum, while the Natural History Museum displays a T-rex skeleton bought at Christie's.

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Art Basel Qatar is the latest addition to a grand national plan

Art Basel is launching a new fair in Qatar, marking its first foray into the Middle East. This expansion occurs within a landscape already heavily shaped by decades of strategic, state-led cultural investment spearheaded by Qatar Museums and its chairperson, Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani.

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Gabrielle Goliath's planned South African pavilion at the Venice Biennale was abruptly canceled by South African culture minister Gayton McKenzie. McKenzie claimed the cancellation was not due to the pavilion's focus on Israel's war in Gaza, but because a foreign nation attempted to purchase the work after the show. The Daily Maverick reported that the foreign entity was actually Qatar Museums, which had expressed interest in acquiring a video recording of Goliath's performance piece 'Elegy,' which addressed violence against women and queer people in South Africa and a genocide in Namibia. McKenzie's statement contradicted earlier reports that he had privately called the pavilion 'polarizing.'

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A Gerhard Richter pavilion and a new creative visa—Qatar’s Sheikha al-Mayassa reveals future plans

Sheikha al-Mayassa, chair of Qatar Museums and a leading collector, revealed significant cultural initiatives during a talk at the inaugural Art Basel Qatar fair. She announced a new "creative visa" to attract artists, with Egyptian artist Wael Shawky as the first recipient, and confirmed a Gerhard Richter pavilion will open in November as part of the Rubaiya Qatar quadrennial. She also highlighted upcoming institutions like the Art Mill museum and the Lusail Museum.

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